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The la te s t In Merehandlulng
N eu « tinnì Your Home
Mori i Each Wrrk
35
Correspondents
Write Neighborhood N rw i for
the Information of the
R eader* Each W c rk
W ith Which is Combined the I Itllsboro Independent
J iu iijx iid c n t
V<»lii ini' l.'ii N<>. I 5
!•,. t.ib lis h c 'i 1873
A Salute to t alien Comrades
Groups Join
in Memorial
to War Dead
U tility
D istrict R ejected by
S atu rd ay P rogram
S ta te B ody
Stores Close for Day
Court Fight A sked
A m e rica n iza tio n
F in a n ces O ffe red
L ead er
to
I II I b b u i n a n il v ic in it y w i l l p a n i
S u tu rd u y to pay
trib u te * to
tlu
n if in o r y of the w a r dead and be-
lo v e d out-s h i a p p ro p ria te t x e i ei.
T h e d a y ’s e v e n t,
w ill in c lu d e •»
p a ra d e fro m th e V e te ra n s ’ h a ll on
W est M a in s tre e t at 9:30 a in to
th e
V i n e tl.m
th e a tre .
w hen*
a
p a tr io tic p ro g ra m w ill he h e ld b e ­
g in n in g at 10 a n d w ill be fo llo w e d
b y e x e re l •
at th e (« ra n d A r m y
o f th e R e p u b lic to m b a t th e H ills ­
b o ro c e m e te ry .
As has a lw a y s been th e ta s e .
H ills b o r o t m tin e is houaes w i l l be
closed a ll d a y <»h S a tu rd a y .
( ¿Trying On
A rra n g e m e n t*, a re in c h a rg e o f
H ills b o r o post, A m e ric a n L e g io n ,
in a c c o rd a n c e w it h a re q u e st m ade
b y G e n e ra l H ansom post. G ra n d
m v o f th e H e p u b lh
w h e n th e
C iv il w a r v e te ra n s gave u p t h e ir
c h a rte r s e v e ra l y e a r , ago b cause
o f h a v in g so fe w s u r v iv in g m e m ­
bers.
T h o m a s V e rd e n iu s o f P o rtla n d ,
p re s id e n t o f th e A m e ric a n iz a tio n
C o u n c il, w ilt peak at th e p ro g ra m ,
w h ic h be g in s a t lh a in. H o rn in
H o lla n d . V e rd e n iu s
p e e ia li/! s in
m a k in g b e tte r A m e n c a n s o u t of
fo r e ig n - b o m
c itiz e n s
In v o c a tio n
w i l l be g iv t n by H ev C h a rlc
M
Heed. G Hu . f II M o rg a n w ill lea l
in th e s in g in g o f ‘'A m e r i c a
an I
“ T h e S ta r S p a n g le d B u n n e r’’ and
th e s e x te tte fr o m th e A m e ric a n L e ­
g io n A u x ilia r y w ill s in g Heada o f
a ll v e te ra n a n d p a tr io tic o rg a n iz a ­
tion*. in th e c o m m u n ity a re In v ite d
to s it on th e stage d u r in g th e e x ­
ercises
W K C y ru s , c o m m a n d e r
o f H ills b o r o post. A m n c a n L e g io n ,
w i l l p re sid e
P a ra d e w ill be u n d e r tin * g ra n d
m a i * h«d. lu p o f L t. A r t h u r K ru e g e r,
(o tn m a n d e r o f H e a d q u a rte rs c o m ­
p a n y . 2nd b a tta lio n . 182nd in f a n tr y
A ll p a tr io tic g ro u p s a re in v ite d to
>
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t
in
th e
ad'
< >i . «
i
Hons w ill he lin e d u p a c c o rd in g to
th e dat
o f o rg a n iz a tio n . M em ber.s
o f U n ite d S p a n is h W a r V e te ra n s
a re e s p e c ia lly u rg e d to p a rtic ip a te
in th e parade N a tio n a l g u a rd sm e n
w i l l m a rc h a nd m a k e u p th e f i r ­
in g '•quad fo r th e “ S a lu te to th e
1 le a d
He rVC < >ffi< • i
«
Hon. H oy S c o u t tro o p a n d ( ’ .im p
E ire g il ls an* a lso in v ite d to m a rch .
O rg a n iz a tio n s w ill not m a rc h fro m
th e th e a tre to th e c e m e te ry , b u t a ll
w ill
go i n a u to m o b ile s
T ra n s ­
p o rta tio n w ill be fu rn is h e d b y th e
le g io n n a ire s a n d V I*’ W. i f ne ded.
G ra n d
A rm y
o f th e
R e p u b lic
r it u a lis t ic w o r k w i l l be p u t on by
th e
le g io n n a ire s
and V
F
W
W o m a n ’s R e lie f C o rps. in a cc o rd
w it h c u sto m o f v e in s, w ill p u t on
th e n m e m o ria l r itu a l. O th e r pa
t r io t ie g ro u p s w i l l f ile past the
to m b s t<» p la ce flo w e rs h i m e m o ry
o f th o do.id o f th e ir o rg a n iz a tio n s .
N e ls o n W e a v e r w ill b lo w “ 'r a p s ’’
M a kin g of w reaths fo r the g ra v i s
o f h e ro ic d e a d is being s u p e r in ­
te n d e d by t h e
W om an’s R elief
. C o rp s and o th e r a u x ilia r y g ro u p
(( (»nlinucd mi
r u lu n in 2 )
Dairy Creek
Claims Victim
Id ah o
M iss
First C asu alty
o f B a th in g S eason
Unable to ba ttle the s w ift c u r ­
re n t and n u m b in g cold of D a iry
creek, Esther Sloan. 22, Jerom e.
Idaho, lost her life M onday a fte r
noon in the s w im m in g hole south
of the S outhern P a cific ra ilw a y
b rid g e .
A tte m p ts
at rescue,
( ( U t i l ill lied o n |IRH<* H.
made
by O ther
N earby C ounties
S peak at V en etian
*
A g a in s t
by a
c o lu m n ? )
In
sile n t trib u te , a loru* soldier, in A rlin g to n N ational cem etery,
salutes the m em ory o f his brave buddies w ho died in the W o rld w ar.
Local Hoy Scouts
Portland Man
Highest for
Takes His Life Rate
Portland District
With Car Gas
W as D esp on d en t W hen W ife
F iled for D ivorce
Despondent because of dom estic
d ifllc u ltits . Dewey W arren. 39. em ­
ploye o f the S P A S
ru ilw u y ,
took lu.i ow n life T hursd ay n ig h t
on a lo ne ly road near Vernonia,
acco rding to a re p o rt made by
Fred J
Sew ell, cou nty coroner,
fo llo w in g an Inve stigatio n.
W arren was discovered F rid a y
m o rn in g dead in hia a u tom ob ile by
Joseph S ch in id lin . fa rm e r liv in g
on the Heaver Creek road, n e a r
w h o ie fa rm W arren had parked
his car on T hursd ay n ig h t A p p a r­
e n tly t i l " man had been dead .since
I the n ig lil before, the o ffic ia ls be­
lieve.
He had used a le ng th of sm all
< f ir i' ho e connected to the exhaust
pi|M' o f the ear ,o conduct the gas
inside the auto. Doors and w indo w s
were eh id and W arren was re ­
c lin in g on the back scat when
found
Before s ta rtin g the m achine, he
had w ritte n a le tte r to his w ife .
! w ho had file d suit fo r divorce, e x ­
p la in in g the reason fo r his act
[ S ch n u d lin , h i re la tin g the ta lc of
, his discove ry to the officers, aid
I th a t his son snw the car the nigh t
before w ith the man s ittin g in th e
h a rk seat H e also to ld of no ticin g
the le ng th o f w h ite hose connected
I to the exhaust N e ith e r the son nor
fa th e r w ere suspicious o f a n yth in g
w ro ng u n til the next m orning, they
. explained.
W arren was a resident o f P o rt­
land, but his body was taken M o n ­
day fro m tin ' Donelson i
Sew ell
ch a p e l i l l H ills b o ro to The Dalles,
w h e re b i s m other, b ro th e r and sis­
te r reside, fo r b u ria l
Dead fo r a p p ro x im a te ly 70 hours,
the body o f E ric Tosatt, 55. wood
cu tte r, was found by oth er wood
cutters in Tosatt's cam p near Jack-
son Falls T hursday. A p p a re n tly the
man died of n a tu ra l causes, accord­
ing to C o ron er Sew ell, w ho i n ­
vestigated.
T he body was bro u g h t to H ills ­
boro fo r b u ria l. The o n ly id e n tifi­
cation found on Tosatt was a reg is­
tra tio n card from the N a tion al Re­
em p lo ym e nt service, g iv in g a b rie f
h is to ry b u t show ing no relatives.
Tosatt had been em ployed at the
cam p but a short tune, and came
there fro m P ortland. He was born
June 12, HIM. in C hippew a Falls,
j Wis.
(( »ntinurd <wi p a ir 6. column I)
E lection in the proposed n o r th ­
west people's B o n n e ville
po w e r
d is tric t w ill be nccc.-sary to d e te r­
m in e w ho stays in the d is tric t and
w h e th e r o r not there is a d is tric t,
the h y d ro -e le c tric com m ission r u l ­
ed. according to a le tte r received
th is week by H. R. F in d le y o f
Cedar M ill
F in d le y has bet n c irc u la tin g p e ti­
tions a.-king that certain d is tric ts
of the cou nty be excluded fro m
the proposed d is tric t. P etitio ns co v­
ered m ore than 18,000 acres o f land
and a p p ro x im a te ly 500 persons.
Few refused to sign he said.
Must Have Vote
The le tte r related th a t the com ­
m ission could not consider t h e
pe tition s as the la w specified th a t
the m a tte r m ust be bro u g h t to a
vote, the vote d e te rm in in g w h at
counties should stay in the d is tric t
and w h ethe r or not the m u n ic ip a l­
ities of the county w o u ld be con­
tained in the d is tric t. A cou nty or
m u n ic ip a lity vo tin g "n o '’ on the
pro po sition w o uld be excluded, the
le tte r explained.
T he W ashington C o un ty
T ax
League has received an o ffe r fro m
oth er counties to finance proceed­
ings in court in th is cou nty to p re ­
vent the fo rm a tio n of the d is tric t
or to b rin g the m a tte r to a vote.
F in d le y states.
In th is connection. F in d le y de­
clares that those interested in p re ­
ve n tin g the fo rm a tio n of th e d is ­
tric t arc prepared to fig h t the m a t­
te r and w ill con tinu e to fig h t it
fro m every angle. The cause, he
said, is gaining s tre n g th eve ry day
and. before election tim e, is e x ­
pected to have reached such p ro ­
portions th a t the m ovem ent can be
checked.
In the fo llo w in g a rtic le F in d le y
sets fo rth the purposes of the o r ­
ganization w h ich is opposing the
d is tric t and gives his reasons fo r
opposition.
(Bv
Leaf on Seeks
Baseball Fund
P rosp ects D eclared B right
for G ood Junior T eam
H ills b o ro Post. A m erican Legion,
voted Tuesday n ig h t to sponsor a
page ad vertise m ent in T he H ills ­
boro A r g u s i l l tile near fu tu re to
raise funds to finance J u n io r base­
b a ll in H illsb o ro . M em bers of a
com m ittee appointed to c a ll on bus­
iness men and e xp la in th e p ro p o si­
tio n T hursday. June 2. in clud ed E.
A. G r iffith . Jake W eil. A l Busch.
P. L. Patterson. R. J N icol. W. C.
Christensen. H L. MaeKenz.ie and
W. F. Cyrus.
W ith 23 boys appearing fo r pra c­
tice, C a rl Russell, in charge of the
J u n io r baseball team, declared that
H illsb o ro 's prospects w ere b lig h t
fo r a w in n in g team th is year. He
ri ported that the team re q u ire d new
Streets Oiled
equipm ent thro u g h o u t, costin g ap­
G raveled streets in H ills b o ro this p ro x im a te ly $125.
wet k received a coating of lig h t
He also reported th a t fo u r other
o il to la y the dust fo r the sum ­ teams had been organized to de­
mer. according to George McGee, velop m a te ria l fo r the ju n io r team,
c ity manager. Seven blocks i n these being one each at L a u re l
variou s parts of the c ity received and C ornelius, and tw o in H ills ­
the tre a tm e n t m il th re e m o re a rc boro From these teams m a te ria l
scheduled.
fo r tho ju n io r team w ill be d ra w n
if talent is developed.
P re p a rin g fo r election o f office rs
Nun High Board to Meet
M ee ting o f the non-high school soon, R. J. N icol, W illia m D ie r-
board lias been called for Tuesday d o rff and P. L. Patterson w ere ap ­
night in the offices of O. B. Kraus, pointed a n o m in a tio n com m ittee to
school superintendent, according to present names to the Legion at the
an announcem ent Wednesday.
A next m eeting.
V a le n tin e A ba dle gave a rep ort
n u m be r o f m in o r m atters are to.
on the m eeting Sunday at M etzger
be discussed, K rau s said.
park of the W ashington C ounty
Veterans' association. He said that
he had issued an in v ita tio n to the
association to be the guests next
year of H ills b o ro Post. T he post
voted to act as host.
W. V erne M cK in n e y, cha irm an of
the M em o rial day com m ittee, re ­
H e n ry Jacobson of the state board. ported on the program fo r S a tu r­
M r. and Mrs. A lb e rt S tr ic f and Pete day, and A r th u r Krueger, m arshal
of the day, reported on the parade
Johnson o f Cedar M ills.
O thers a tte n d in g were Mrs. John w h ich w ill s ta rt fro m the Legion
Kam na. M rs H enry Jacobson. Mrs. h a ll at 9:30 a. m.
W a lle r O rr. M rs George L e w e llin ,
M rs John Jepson, M r. and Mrs.
Pete Y u n k tr . M r. and Mrs. E arl
W aldron and fa m ily , John M ucrer,
J. E Blazer and H a rold Aebischer.
A ll rep ort the convention the
C itru s fru its are on the diet list
best ever held w ith a 50 per cent
gain ill m em bership reported. E n­ now fo r persons re ce ivin g old age
te rta in m e n t furnishe d by M t. A ngel assistance. Last w e e k a consign­
fille d eve ry leisure m om ent P rom ­ m ent o f large C a lifo rn ia grape­
inent speakers in clud ed Charles fr u it was received at the store
T albot, president o f the N o rth D a­ room on west M ain street and this
kota Farm ers' U nion: A lfre d A ram week a shipm ent of oranges was on
o f San Jose Farm ers' Union, w ho tlie flo o r fo r d is trib u tio n by case
was re tu rn in g Io C a lifo rn ia via a ir ­ w orkers.
P runes also are on the list w ith a
plane, H e n ry Jurgensnn o f W ilb u r,
W ash, president o f W ashington shipm ent o f this f r u it received
F .u nie i
Union; Re.
F ather A l- Tuesday afternoon.
ru m I ’ reist of M l. Angel parish;
The o ffic e is p a rtic u la rly in te r-
Ray G ill, master of the s t a t e esled in g e llin g Iiiu n e d ia le d is tr i­
G range, and G overnor M a rtin
bu tio n of the oranges because of
A ram denounced the part of tile hot w eather, Miss A lic e M a x­
W illia m Green, president of the w e ll, exe cutive secretary said.
A m e rica n F ederation o f Labor, in
the " c r u c ifix io n " of the F razie r-
G ill Re-elected Master
Lem ke farm m ortgage b ill.
Ray W. G ill lias been re-elcctqd
G o ve rn o r M a rlin p ictu re d a great
m aster of the O regon S late Grange.
(tontinued on page it, -ulunin 1)
Plass Elected High Office
in State Farmers’ Union
John Plass o f Roy, president of
the W ashington cou nty u n it of the
F arm ers'
union,
was
re-elected
vice -preside nt of the State F ann ers’
u n io n al the annual convention,
M ay ID. 20, 21. G W. Potts o f J e f­
ferson was re-elected president
J. II. Jacobson o f West U n ion was
elected last yea r to the stale execu­
tiv e board and carries over.
A resolution, w h ich w o u ld aid
in s ta b iliz a tio n o f the d a iry in ­
d u s try and w h ich was presented
be fore the co u n ty u n it some lim e
ago by the L a u rc l-S c h o lls un it,
c a rrie d a fte r a sto rm y session. II
w e nt to the state meet on a m in o r ­
ity re p o rt fro m the local county
u n it.
Delegates from tin s co u n ty were:
W a lte r O rr, Gns Krause. F.
P u t­
nam .
M rs
F ra n k
S ch u lm e rich
L a u re l - S cholls;
John
Jepson.
B lo o m in g ; J M V an dcizand cn, J.
E LcW tiin, W A. S a lin o w , K a n s a s
C ity ; M rs C lara
M ucre r.
Ncls
Johnson. Cedar M ills ; J E. J i l t ,
G aston; Mrs. John Plass, Charles
Herb, V crb o o rt; Mrs. M a ry Joyce.
M id dle ton. John Plass, John K a n i­
na, Mrs. M ary H orner, secretary,
fro m the cou nty org an izatio n; John
Gates, Mrs. Juc B aker, West Union,
R a tin g 90 1 p e r cent fo r A p r il,
I H ills b o ro Boy Scout troops again
displayed t h e highest e fficie n cy
record in the P ortla nd urea council,
leading the e n tire fie ld o f sixteen
d istricts, according to Veasy G a rd ­
ner. d is tric t com m issioner. T h is is
the th ird consecutive m onth and
the tw e lfth tim e in the last t h ir ­
teen months.
M em bership in the fiv e troops
in the H ills b o ro d is tric t has shown
' a m ore than sub stantia l g ro w th in
the last year, g ro w in g from 6-1
1 scouts to lo t at the present. T w e n ­
ty-one o f th is num ber a r c Sea
Scouts.
Ben Faber has assumed scout-
m a stcish ip o f T roop 226. A m erican
Legion
troop, succeeding L. E
Francis, w ho has found it necessary
to resign because of absences from
town.
Next s ssion o f the cou rt of hon­
or w ill be to n ig h t (T h u rsd a y) at
the c o u rt house. A t the d is tric t
com m ittee m eeting fo llo w in g the
court, the n o m in a tin g com m ittee
w ill subm it its rep ort fo r d is tric t
com m ittee chairm an, d is tric t com-
mLssioncr, and treasurer. Paul P at­
terson. A r th u r R e iling , and Jake
W eil com prise the n o m in a tin g com ­
m ittee.
Plans w ill also be la id fo r the
annual fin a n c ia l e ffo rt to b? made
June a H ills b o ro has assumed a
q u o ta of $330 to support Boy Scout
a c tiv itie s fo r 1936. Last year the
II.
It. Findley)
Seme people are w o n d e rin g ju s t
w hat caused the T ax League m em ­
bers in the eastern p a rt o f the
cou nty to p e titio n the H y d ro -e le c­
tr ic com m ission to exclude th e ir
p ro p e rty fro m the boundaries of
the prop» d N o rth w e st B o n n e v ille
People's U tility d is tric t. The fact
is th a t the T ax Leaguers w ere do­
in g th e ir ow n th in k in g instead of
g u lp in g dow n the sugar-coated pre-
digested th in k in g th a t was being
dished out fo r them.
T hey were aw are that th e pres­
ent farm rate, one o f the low est in
the U n ite d States, was made pos-
sile because the y were in the P o rt­
land area, and th a t users o f elec­
tr ic a l energy in the congested dis­
tric ts of M u ltn o m a h cou nty were
c o n trib u tin g .
som ewhat,
to w a rd
lo w e rin g the cost of e le c tric a l en­
ergy in the s u rro u n d in g fa rm com ­
m unities.
In the proposed setup of the sev­
en-county u t ilit y d is tric t. M u ltn o ­
mah was le ft ou, and other th in ly
settled counties fro m W a ld p o rt to
(C o n tin u e d on page 3.
«*otumii 1)
Ditch Digging
Moved North
S ew er C on stru ction C h an ged
to
H ig h er
F ev els
H igh level o f ground w a te r fo rc ­
ed the rem oval th is week of the
K e rn & K ib b e d itc h d ig g in g m a­
ch in e ry fro m streets in the south
pa rt o f H ills b o ro to the n o rth side
of the new sewer d is tric t. One
m achine was put to w o rk Tuesday
m o rn in g on F irs t avenue n o rth
of Jackson
W ork, w h ich has been un de rw ay
in the v ic in ity o f Cedar street, w ill
be abandoned u n til the w a te r level
fa lls la te r in the sum m er. T he com ­
pany has been e xp eriencing much
d iffic u lty a ll along the south part,
of the c ity w h ere deep ditches are
necessary to g ive the sewers p ro p ­
er fa ll.
A t the depth o f 12 to 20 feet the
machines have been en cou nterin g
quicksands
a n d ground
water,
(C o n tin u e d on pnse 5,
llill.-.bo ro
T h u rs d a y , M a y 28, 1936
Commission
Rules Ballot
Only Means
P etitio n s
P a ra d e, P rogram mid C e m e ­
tery E x ercises Set on
Oregon,
H ills b o r o ,
colum n .1)
Relief Office Gets
Shipments of Fruit Wieber Selected
Officer of K. of C.
W illia m 11. W ieb er o f H ills b o ro
was elected w arden of the K n ig h ts
of C olum bus nt the state conven­
tio n held in K la m a th Falls Sunday
and M onday.
W ieber is grand
k n ig h t of H ills b o ro C o un cil. K n ig h ts
of C olum bus.
Ho won out for
w arden over Charles Hazen o f
Pendleton W ieb er and A J. M il-
tenbei ger w ere delegates fro m here
M ilte n b crg e r, d is tric t deputy for
W ashington. Y a m h ill a n d T illa
m onk counties, was unanim ously
elected a lte rn a te to the suprem e
convention in T oronto, Can., in
August.
M r. and Mrs. M ilte n b c rg e r made
the t r ip by auto and were accom ­
panied by M r. and Mrs. Ben Hce-
sackcr o f V crb o o rt.
Nominees Guests
at Meet; Health
Plan Given O. K.
Presentation of successful can­
didate in the recent p rim a ry fea­
tu re d the clo sing luncheon o f the
H ills b o ro cham ber of com m erce
Monday. Luncheon m eetings w ill
be resumed in the autum n, it was
announced. N e xt re g u la r m eeting
of the organ izatio n w ill be M onday
n ig h t. June 8, when o ffice rs w ill
be elected.
Preceding the in tro d u c tio n of
candidates. Mrs. Hugh M c G ilv ra of
Forest G rove spoke b ire fly on the
need of a .fu ll tim e he alth u n it in
W ashington county, p o in tin g out
th a t the re w o u ld be no added cost
under present plans, b u t tha t there
w o u ld be added e ffic ie n c y .
She presented a re p o rt on costs
on the new setup, w h ich shows
th a t $2700 w ill be fu rn ish e d by
the U n ite d States p u b lic health
service and $6020 fro m the county.
The cou nty alrea dy spends $4611 in
he alth w o rk, a ll o f w h ich is ch a rg ­
able to w o rk w h ic h w o u ld be
done by the n e w
organization,
le avin g $1409 o f a d d itio n a l m oney
to be raised. The cou nty health as­
sociation proposes to raise t h i s
m oney th ro u g h cities, tow ns and
school districts, M rs. M c G ilv ra e x ­
plained.
The cham ber endorsed the m ove­
ment.
A n o th e r speaker was M rs. P. L.
Patterson w ho asked the m em bers
to support t h e b e ne fit p ictu re
show, the proceeds o f w h ic h w ill
be used to c a rry on a p la yg ro u n d
(C o n tin u e d on p ace 6,
colum n J)
Fruits Named
for Paym ents
Under Soil Act
B en efits A lso
P rom ised for
D estro y in g W ee d s
i By W m . F . Cyrus», C o u n ty A g e n t)
A rg u s
Established
Completion
Two Sections, Fourteen Pages
State Officers
High School
Days to End
Friday Night
Sea Routes
Seems Sure
A d d itio n a l
F ed eral
F unds
Early
A ssu re C onstruction
S tu d en ts
F eatu re
of
G rad uation Program
to End of June
in
A uditorium
P re p a re N ew P la n
Many H ear Dagwell
E ngin eers
L argest
Launch
P roject
Crowd
in
H istory
C overing 12 M onths
at B a cca la u rea te
U n in te rru p te d construction is ex-
pected on both the W ilson r iv e r
and W o lf creek roads, according
to w o rd issued this week fro m the
o ffic e of E. J. G r iffith , W P A ad­
m in is tra to r fo r Oregon.
A d d itio n a l funds allocated to the
projects fro m W ashington am ount
to $47.530 fo r the W ilson and $48 -
000 fo r W olf creek. G r if fith said.
T h is w ill assure su fficie n t funds to
c a rry on u n til June 30 in W ashing­
ton county.
H igh school days w ill end here
F rid a y n ig h t fo r 101 students when
diplom as are presented in
the
union high school a u d ito riu m at
special exercises fe a tu rin g the 25th
a n n ive rsa ry o f a com plete hig h
school course.
The program is scheduled to be­
gin at 8 o'clock and includes se ve r­
al num bers by graduates o f oth er
years, in c lu d in g the fir s t class of
1911.
School a c tiv itie s v ir tu a lly w ere
com pleted M onday w ith fin a l e x ­
a m ina tions
b e g in n in g
Tuesday
m o rn in g and com pleted at noon
T hursday.
Fund Assured
A fte r J u ly 1. G r iffith declared,
the W PA has been assured of
s u ffic ie n t funds to ca rry the w o rk
along. Previous appro p r i a t i o n s
am ounted to $418.959 and the new
a llotm e nts b rin g the to ta l to $514,-
495
Endorsem ent last w eek b y the
state h ig h w a y comm ission o f plans
fo r continuance of w o rk on bath
projects and ap plicatio n fo r $2.800.-
000 m ore in governm ent funds, set
the m ach in ery in m otio n fo r p u r­
s u it of the protects a fte r J u ly 1.
I f approved, the plans w ill give
em ploym ent to 1200 men fo r u p ­
w ards of 12 m onths and extend the
w o rk o f cle a rin g and gra d in g on
both projects. O f the to ta l am ount
asked. $1.549.000 w ould be applied
to W olf creek and $1.250.000 to W il­
son riv e r. The larger am ount fo r
W o lf creek is designated to equal­
ize a p pro pria tion s fo r both projects,
according to reports.
Should the money needed be
granted, according to H e n ry F.
Cabell, m em ber o f the hig h w a y
commission, the 17-m ile segment
between
the com pleted western
part o f the W o lf creek and the
roads connecting w ith Forest Grove,
could be ready fo r bridges and
surfacing
Plans c a ll fo r crew s to w o rk
fro m both ends o f both projects
and T illa m o o k county s t ill has s u f­
fic ie n t funds to ca rry on fro m
tha t end o f the W ilson rou te u n til
fu rth e r funds are ap pro pria te d by
the governm ent.
The com m ission
received bids
on G arden Home overpass at the
O regon E le ctric tracks, w h ich calls
fo r a 107-foot tre stle and .6 m iles of
grading. Cost as id by P a rke r-
Schram . contractors, w o u ld be $28.-
151 The bid was re fe rre d to the
engineer.
Changes in the soil conservation
program put orchards, sm all fru its
and vin eya rds as e ith e r so il de­
p le tin g o r soil conserving, depend­
ing upon w h e th e r o r not a cover
crop has been grow n. Cane fr u its
and vin eya rds are so il d e p le tin g
Rates of paym ent per acre fo r
Class I I paym ents have been d e fi­
n ite ly set in most instances. These
rates of paym ents have been an ­
nounced in oth er press releases so
th a t they need not be repeated
here A tte n tio n should be called to
the p ro v is io n re g a rd in g the c o n tro l
<*f n o xin ns weeds. Class I I p a y ­
m ents am o u n tin g to $10 per acre
w here chem icals are used o r $5 per
acre w here p e rio d ic c u ltiv a tio n is
the m ethod em ployed to k il l out
weed pests, are the rates th a t have
been set.
These paym ents, o f course, are
again dependent upon the base
acreage in 1936 o f soil conserving
crops. The to ta l acreage o f th is
class o f crops in 1936 at $1 per acre
d e te rm in in g the to ta l allow ance
th a t can be obtained fo r a Class
I I paym ent. To show the a p p lic a ­
tio n o f this, farm ers th a t had one
acre o f noxious weeds w o u ld need
to have 10 acres in so il conserving
crops before the y could get $10 fo r
fig h tin g weeds on th a t one acre.
Weeds fo r w h ich paym ents w ill
be made are lim ite d to those th a t
have been sp e cifica lly designated
and so fa r as we are concerned
here, they am ount to w ild m o rn in g
g lo ry and C anadian th istle .
P ro b a b ly the most
im p o rta n t T u a la tin
V a lle y P o s t o f
change in the pro gra m to local
L
egion
H ost G roup
farm ers is that p e rta in in g to the
am ount of acreage th a t needs to
be sh ifte d fro m soil d e p le tin g to
Dan D a ffro n of Forest Grove,
soil conserving crops.
one o f the few s u rv iv in g G rand
It now seems th a t a fa rm e r may A rm y of the R epublic veterans in
o b tain a paym ent fo r seeding an the county, was elected h o no rary
acreage o f soil conserving crops
president o f the W ashington C o un­
in 1936 in a d d itio n to th e acreage ty Veterans' association at the an­
of such crops he had in 1935 even nu a l m eeting at M etzger p a rk S un­
though the a d d itio n is not 15 per day. T u a la tin V a lle y post of the
cent of his d e p le tin g acreage in A m erican Legion was host and
1936. In oth er w ords he could get C om m ander H a rry E lia n d e r pre­
paid on a 1 per cent s h ift and up sided. A p p ro x im a te ly 300 m em bers
to and in c lu d in g a 15 per cent sh ift. o f county p a trio tic groups attended.
A fa rm that had no soil conserv­
M r. and Mrs. E. D. H ite w ere in
ing crops in 1935 and has less than
charge at the tables.
(C o n tin u e d on page
colum n H)
O th er office rs are: W illia m F.
C yrus, com m ander o f H ills b o ro
post. A m erican Legion, a c t i n g
president: Fred Boyd of Forest
Grove. U n ited Spanish W a r V e t­
eran. firs t vice-president, and E.
C. M o rfo rd . past com m ander of
Veterans of Foreign Wars, second
vice-president. Secretary w i ll be
named by C yrus.
W ashington county fa ir, to be
N ext year's m eeting w ill be held
held
in
S hu tc park,
H illsb oro ,
Septem ber 3. 4 and 5. w i ll be an in H ills b o ro w ith the legionnaires
a ttra c tiv e and pleasant event, ac­ as hosts, fo llo w in g an in v ita tio n
co rd in g to an announcem ent made presented by V a le n tin e A badie.
G eneral Creed C. H am m ond of
th is week.
T he fa ir board, nt a recent m eet­ P o rtla n d was the p rin c ip a l speak­
ing. decided that any and a ll form s er. and his subject was the P h ilip ­
of g a m b lin g w ill be absolutely pines. D ru m corps fro m the Scout
p ro h ib ite d , and g a m b lin g under the Young camp. U. S. V W „ 14 strong,
guise of games of s k ill w i ll not be was present and played several
num bers. The Beaverton band also
p e rm itte d o r tolerated.
furnishe d music d u rin g the day.
G ypsy fo rtu n e tellers, m in d rea d­ A fo rm e r G erm an soldier, w ho
ers and astrologers w ill not be served as stretche r-b ea rer, gave a
p e rm itte d to operate concessions v e ry in te re stin g ta lk and to ld of
and the sale of patent m edicines or some of the a c tiv itie s o f the G e r­
cheap m erchandise concessionists mans d u rin g the war.
w ill be p ro h ib ite d on the grounds.
It is said th a t the U. S. W. V.
E atin g and d rin k in g concessions
had the best percentage o f a t­
w ill have to com p ly w ith the state
tendance of members o f the various
san itatio n laws and the s tr ic t rules groups, 28 being present fro m Scout
of the fa ir m anagem ent, as none H a rrin g to n eamp and A u x ilia r y ,
but the purest and best w ill be besides m any from P o rtla n d and
sold. T his ru lin g o f the fa ir board oth er places. M r. and M rs. W. W.
lias met w ith the a p pro val o f m any B row n, fo rm e rly of O renco but
of the best organizations th ro u g h ­ now of Vancouver. Wash., w ere in
out the e n tire county and w ill be attendance, and also M r. and Mrs.
s tric tly enforced.
G 11. M itc h e ll of J e ffe rs o n v ille ,
T here w ill be a large nu m b e r of Indiana.
e n te rta in m e n t features fo r the boys
T u a la tin V alle y post made aw ards
and g irls (hat w ill a ffo rd happines., to outstanding students of the
and th rills .
M etzger, Beaverton and
G arden
T he fa ir p re m ium lis t is being Home schools. W inners w ere M a x ­
revised to meet the state a p p ro p ri­ ine M in e r of Metzger, G len Jgnes
ation. and when com pleted w ill be o f B eaverton and W ard G reen of
a va ila b le to those w ho are in te r ­ G arden Home. A w a rds were based
ested in having e x h ib its at the on honor, courage, leadership, k in d ­
fair.
ness and scholarship.
Daffron Named
Veteran Head
Board Assures
Pleasant Time
for Fair Week
1894
Examinations Held
Miss Elaine Caldwell
Mrs. M organ and Miss C a ld w e ll of
H illsb oro , w h o were named pres­
ident and corresponding secre­
ta ry. respectively, o f the Oregon
Business and Professional W o­
men's clubs at the state conven­
tio n in Roseburg last week-end.
Mrs. Morgan
P re sid e n t of
Oregon Group
L ocal B. and P. Club W ell
R ep resen ted at M eet
M rs. H. R. (Z o la i M organ, depu­
ty county school superintendent
and past president o f the local
Business and Drofessional W omen's
club, was elected president o f the
Oregon Federation o f Business and
Professional W om en's clubs at the
state convention at Roseburg last
week. O th er state o ffice rs elected
w ers M rs. Leona B rya n t o f Co­
q u ille ,
fir s t vice -preside nt; Miss
Helen Louise Crosby o f Salem,
second vice -preside nt; Miss V ir ­
ginia Sands o f Eugene, reco rdin g
secretary; Miss E laine C a ld w e ll of
H illsb o ro , corresponding secretary,
and M rs. Dena Backes of K la m a th
Falls, treasurer.
M iss C h a ri O rm ond W illia m s of
W ashington. D. C.. na tio n a l presi­
dent of Business and Professional
W om en’s clubs, attended th e e n tire
convention, and in her speeches
stressed a ca ll to the wom en o f the
na tion to take a m ore im p o rta n t
place in p u b lic service, as w e ll as
business a n d professional fields,
and to m ake a study o f a ll the
leading questions of the tim es.
The na tio n a l h ig h w a y sign was
aw arded to the Bend clu b th is year
fo r the greatest increase in m em ­
bership percentage.
One of the h ig h lig h ts o f the con­
ven tion was the glee clu b contest
(C o n tin u e d on p a t e 2 . colum n 1)
C leanup D ay P lan ned
for S cotch C em etery
F rid a y w ill be cleanup day in
I the Scotch ch u rch cem etery n o rth
I of HilLsboro. it was announced
i th is week, and persons o w n in g lots
in the cem etery are requested to
b rin g proper tools fo r the rem oval
o f grass and weeds and to tid y up
the place. L a c k in g funds fo r up­
keep. lo t ow ners are requested to
assist w ith the w o rk.
A c tiv itie s fo r the graduates be­
gan Sunday n ig h t w ith th e B ac­
calaureate services in the a u d ito r­
iu m w ith Rev. Charles M. Reed
pre sid ing T he sermon was by R ig h t
Reverend
B en ja m in D. D a g w e ll
D D.. Bishop o f the Episcopal
Diocese of Oregon. O th e r num bers
in clud ed the in vo ca tio n by Rev.
H a rry D ow ney, m usic by th e Cad-
m an qu artette, s c rip tu re reading by
Rev. G uy P. D u ffie ld and benedic­
tio n by Rev. R. L. Putnam .
B ishop D a gw e ll based his serm on
on the text, "T o h im w ho o ve r-
cometh. I w ill give.” E n la rg in g on
this, as it m ig h t a p p ly to scholastic
attainm en ts, he pointed o u t th a t
a gre ater nu m be r o f students be­
gin th e ir schooling than com plete
the w o rk , due to obstacles w h ic h
the y fa il to overcome.
On th is occasion, he declared, the
school is pre sen ting diplo m as to
those w h o had overcom e th e ob ­
stacles presented. T he w o rld was
lik e this, he pointed out. and gave
o n ly to those w ho had the w i ll to
overcome.
The graduates were urged to
meet a ll obstacles in the fu tu re
and to overcom e them , c a rry in g
, th ro u g h to a successful te rm in a tio n ,
th e ir plans and tasks.
The largest cro w d ever to atten d
a baccalaureate service in H ills ­
boro was present, the crow d being
estim ated a t fro m 800 to 1000 p e r­
sons. N ine m in isters w ere present
on the p la tfo rm w ith those ta k in g
p a rt in the program .
The g ra d u a tio n program F rid a y
n ig h t w ill feature graduates of the
j fir s t class o f 1911, m any o f these
i fir s t graduates appearing on the
program . The program includes the
' in vo ca tio n by P rof. E. Foord o f
G ra n t high school. P ortla nd , g ra d ­
uate o f 1927. The h ig h school g irls '
chorus w i ll sing.
“ L o n d o n d e rry
A ir , " w h ic h w ill be fo llo w e d by
the sa lu ta to ry by G e rtru d e A n n
M unkres. A fte r the salutatory. Mrs.
(C o n tin u e d on page i .
colum n 4)
Child Drowns
in Fish Pool
E ffo rts
to
R ev iv e
F u tile ;
L o g g e r M ee ts D e a th
F u n e ra l services fo r K a rl T eufel.
22-m onths-old son of M r. and Mrs.
John T e u fe l o f H illsb o ro , dro w n ed
T h u rsd a y n ig h t about 7 o’clo ck
w hen he fe ll in to a lily p o d it
the T e u fe l home on East Oak street,
w ere held S atu rday m o rn in g at
the graveside in R iv e rv ie w ceme­
tery. Services w ere in charge o f
Rev. Charles Reed o f H ills b o ro
w ith arrangem ents by Donelson &
Sew ell.
U nable to fin d the c h ild about
the house, the parents began a
search w h ich ended at the pool,
a p p a re n tly about 10 m in utes a fte r
the accident. E ffo rts to re v iv e the
c h ild , made by physicians at the
Jones hospital w ere u n a va ilin g .
The fa m ily has been In H ills ­
boro fo r the last fiv e months, ta k ­
in g over the M u lle r greenhouse.
K a r l was an o n ly ch ild .
Official Canvass Primary
Election Voting Completed
O ffic ia l canvass of the p rim a ry
election of M ay 15 was com pleted
last T hursday by E. W. Johnson
and A. M. S. Stook. m em bers of
the o ffic ia l canvassing board. No
changes in the fin a l resu lts were
revealed in the canvass over w hat
had been p re vio u sly recorded in
the Argus.
One tie o f interest was recorded
in the election fo r rep ub lica n pre­
cin ct com m itteem an in precinct 33,
where James A. S ew ell and Robert
N. T orbe t were both on the ballot.
Each received 46 votes. W rite -in
votes fo r d is tric t attorn ey on the
dem ocratic b a llo t gave Paul Pat­
terson 8t. M organ 67 and A lb e rt
K em m er 37.
Constable nom inations on the
dem ocratic tic k e t w e r e :
W. F.
Dcssinger. Beaverton d is tric t; N. J
G r iffin . Forest G rove d is tric t; J.
R. Peppard, H ills b o ro d is tric t; Rudy
Olson. Sherwood d is tric t, and Twiss,
T igard.
Republican nomination fo r
con­
stable in the fo llo w in g d is tric ts : W
F. Dcsinger, B eaverton; M ik e W ira k .
Forest G rove: J. R. Peppard, H ills ­
boro; E. G. Hagey. Sherwood, and
H erb M cD onald, T iga rd.
R epublican p re cin ct co m m itte e ­
men:
P recinct No. 1—T. A. M u llo y , 2
E arl Reiser. 3 - W . C. Eddy. 4 W
R. H o w xh u rst. 5 A. H V in cen t,
6- John E Wood. 7 J O. Johnson.
8 Rov Flood, 9 A. T. K cin m cr,
10 T ic. 11 H J V alen tine, 12
H T Hesse, 14 H a rry Bear, 15
Charles G rabel, 10 I ’ . C. Newm an,
17 Tie, 18 Tie, It) F re d C Hom e.
20 Tie. 21 P P atton. 22 Tie. 23-
Tie. 24 G eorge O ppenlander, 2.5
M rs. C harles Stanton.
20
Sam
S to w e l. 27 T ie . 28 W. L. M ooic.
29—C h arle s J. Herb. 30 J E L e w -
ton, 31— Tie, 32 E a rl E Long. 33
Tie. 34 L. R. C ypher. 35—C la u d *
H
E lfo rd . 39—0 . Earner, 3« -J.
Pubols, 39—C. J S tickney, 40
Ross F in d le y, 41 Fred Kfxihlond, 42
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